Jarao Formation
Appearance
Jarao Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: Santonian ~ | |
Type | Formation |
Lithology | |
Primary | Limestone |
Other | Tuff |
Location | |
Coordinates | 22°06′N 79°42′W / 22.1°N 79.7°W |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 13°48′N 58°30′W / 13.8°N 58.5°W |
Region | Sancti Spíritus Province |
Country | ![]() |
Type section | |
Named for | El Jarao |
The Jarao Formation is a geologic formation in Cuba. The dark-colored limestone intercalated with volcanic and tuffaceous formation preserves rudist fossils of Vaccinites inaequicostatus and dates back to the Santonian period.[1]
See also
References
- ^ Jarao Formation at Fossilworks.org
Further reading
- Template:Cite LSA
- R. Rojas, M. Iturralde Vinent, and P. W. Skelton. 1995. Stratigraphy, composition and age of Cuban rudist-bearing deposits. Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geologicas 12(2):272-291